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MFSA2017-13 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.1 (CVE-2017-5436)

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MFSA2017-13 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.1 (CVE-2017-5436)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/30/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/02/2017
Modified
08/09/2018

Description

An out-of-bounds write in the Graphite 2 library triggered with a maliciously crafted Graphite font. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This issue was fixed in the Graphite 2 library as well as Mozilla products. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-52_1

References

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